Summary DPO also claimed to have launched raids for the detention of the culprits.
TOBA TEK SINGH (Dunya News) – District Police Office (DPO) Toba Tek Singh on Wednesday has revealed that the suspects sold aftershave lotion as liquor that claimed lives of 35 people.
Addressing a press conference, DPO said that the deaths were caused by gulping aftershave lotion not liquor.
He also claimed to have launched raids for the detention of the culprits however, prime suspect Sawan Masih among five others have been arrested.
The police office also presented detainees before the media.
Earlier, Bishop Joseph Arshad said he had been informed that the liquor was brought from the Chuttiana police station’s storehouse.
Residents of the area alleged that Sawan Masih, a sweeper at the Chuttiana police station, had sold the liquor to Sajjad Masih, a district police lines sanitation worker.
Ruling party’s MNA Khalid Javed Warraich has called for stern action against the suspects.
Meanwhile, emergency is still imposed in District Headquarters Hospital as death toll continues to mount. So far, toxic liquor has consumed 35 lives.
DHQ MS Mohammad Asif Saleemi told that a total of 149 people were affected.
